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I was going to respond that to the parent, but you beat me :) Imagine hooking up and figuring out you can read it? Even better, imagine it contains nuke launch
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
I was going to respond that to the parent, but you beat me :)
Imagine hooking up and figuring out you can read it? Even better, imagine it contains nuke launch codes (in the best soviet-from-secret-agent-movie tradition)?!
- tachyonbeam 13y agoAnd imagine teenagers ended up acquiring it, and getting access to those launch codes! cue Hollywood movie scenario
- arethuza 13y agoOnly to discover that the code to launch the missiles at the Soviets was set to 00000000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link
- rbanffy 13y agoI once got a couple SPARCClassic-sized disk packs. Their paperwork said they belonged to an investment bank that didn't survive one of the many meltdowns of the late 20th century. All of them had piles of data that should have been erased before the sale. The SPARCClassic and its stack of disks is still quite impressive.